Current:Home > FinanceDefensive coordinator Richard Aspinwall among 4 killed in Georgia high school shooting -Excel Money Vision
Defensive coordinator Richard Aspinwall among 4 killed in Georgia high school shooting
View
Date:2025-04-15 23:02:22
The defensive coordinator of the Apalachee High School football team in Winder, Georgia, was one of four people killed Wednesday in a mass shooting at the school.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that 39-year-old Richard Aspinwall, who was also a math teacher at the school, along with math teacher Christina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14 years old, were also killed in the shooting.
"He was a great dad, man, and a great father. He loved his two girls and he loved his wife. He did happen to love the game of football and he was well respected around this area," Apalachee head football coach Mike Hancock said to the Athens Banner-Herald.
"He worked his tail off. He coached old-school ways, but he loved those kids. It's heartbreaking really for our kids, but for his wife and his two daughters..."
Nine others, one teacher and eight students, were also injured in the shooting.
The shooter, Colt Gray, 14, was booked, will be charged with murder and prosecuted as an adult.
Aspinwall worked at Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, before working at Apalachee.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of former Mountain View High School teacher and coach Ricky Aspinwall, who lost his life at Apalachee High School today," the Mountain View High School athletics department said in a statement. "Mountain View extends its deepest condolences to the entire Apalachee High School community."
veryGood! (93)
Related
- The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
- Ryan Reynolds Didn't Fumble This Opportunity to Troll Blake Lively and Taylor Swift
- Purdue Pharma, Sacklers' OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court
- Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- Historian Evan Thomas on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
- Deebo Samuel backs up trash talk with dominant outing in 49ers' romp against Eagles
- Spanish judge opens an investigation into intelligence agents who allegedly passed secrets to the US
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Jim Harbaugh passes on encounter with Big Ten commissioner at trophy presentation
Ranking
- California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
- 50 Fascinating Facts About Jay-Z: From Marcy to Madison Square
- Opening statements begin in Jonathan Majors assault trial in New York
- Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Hi Hi!
- OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court on Monday, with billions at stake
- 20 years after ‘Sideways,’ Paul Giamatti may finally land his first best actor Oscar nomination
- Henry Kissinger’s unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America
Recommendation
NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
Italian city of Bologna braces for collapse of leaning Garisenda Tower
DeSantis reaches Iowa campaign milestone as Trump turns his focus to Biden
Mexican woman killed in shark attack on Pacific coast near the port of Manzanillo
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
Sylvester Stallone returns to Philadelphia for inaugural 'Rocky Day': 'Keep punching!'
Takeaways from The AP’s investigation into the Mormon church’s handling of sex abuse cases
'I did not write it to titillate a reader': Authors of books banned in Iowa speak out